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Join us tomorrow! Tenzin Namdul, TMD, PhD, will be presenting a lecture on the topic of Tibetan Medicine: Intersection of Ethics, Philosophy, and Healing at stolafcollege. Dr. Namdul is a umntwincities Assistant Professor and Director of the Tibetan Healing Initiative at the umn_csh. 🗓️ Tue., November 4, 2025 🕖 7:00 - 8:00 PM 📍 Regents Hall of Natural Science 150, St. Olaf College 👩🏻‍💻 Livestream link in flatenartmuseum bio The featured painting depicts a specific event: the Medicine Buddha, seated in the center of his mandala palace, explaining the science of healing to four groups of disciples—gods, saints, Buddhists, and non-Buddhists. Yet the painting can also be viewed as a metaphor for the inclusive, holistic nature of Tibetan medical knowledge and practice—representing the entire physical world, where everything can be used for healing, as the story of the medical student Jivaka tells. Jivaka's master asked him to find a substance or a plant that could not be used ...

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